--Mark > > John L Moran > > > Department of Intensive Care Medicine > The Queen Elizabeth Hospital > 28 Woodville Road, Woodville > South Australia 5011 > Australia > Tel: 61 08 8 222 6463 > Fax: 61 08 8 222 6045 > E-mail: john.moran@nwahs.sa.gov.au > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Schaffer [mailto:M.E.Schaffer@hw.ac.uk] > Sent: Friday, 28 May 2004 2:56 AM > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > Subject: Re: FW: st: unable to install patches > > Jeffry, > > Subject: FW: st: unable to install patches > Date sent: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:49:18 -0500 > From: "Jacob, Jeffry Ankur" <jajacob@mail.smu.edu> > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> > Send reply to: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > > I think this did not go through earlier > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jacob, Jeffry Ankur > > Sent: Thu 27-May-04 11:30 AM > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > Cc: > > Subject: RE: st: unable to install patches > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > I have tried that also. The problem with this route is that if I > > download a .hlp file, it gives the save option. However, if I click > > download by selecting, say, xtabond2.ado, it directly opens this file > > in the browser. Then I am forced to save it, open it again with > > notepad and do the save as procedure. > > Good point - my browser behaves the same way. Unfortunately, there's > no hyperlink at RePEc that allows a "right-click-and-save-as" option. > > Anybody out there have any suggestions on how to download from RePEc > without having the files open in the browser? > > --Mark > > > I am still at a loss. Also, the comp I am using has StataSE, which > was purchased just a couple of weeks ago. > > Thanks again, > > Jeffry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu on behalf of Mark > Schaffer > > Sent: Thu 27-May-04 11:01 AM > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > Cc: > > Subject: RE: st: unable to install patches > > > > > > > > Jeffry, > > > > Subject: RE: st: unable to install patches > > Date sent: Thu, 27 May 2004 10:41:47 -0500 > > From: "Jacob, Jeffry Ankur" > <jajacob@mail.smu.edu> > > To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> > > Send reply to: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > > > > Thanks for all the responses. > > > I tried doing several things. I put the files in sysdir > path the sysdir path and adopath. > > > I copied all the files using the browser and then used > notepad to save them with the relevant extensions (choosing the all files > options). > > > Finally I created a package file and a toc file with the > relevant infromation and tried to install them through the help menu (user > written software...). This way, I get a message that the software has been > installed but when I run the commands, I get the following error messages > > > 1. with ivreg2 > > > gt;1 invalid name > > > > > > 2. with xtabond2 and outreg > > > unrecognized command: merge > > > r(199); > > > I will really appreciate any further suggestions on how to > fix this problem. > > > > I recommend trying a direct download from RePEc, e.g., for > ivreg2: > > > > http://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s425401.html > > > > and use the download buttons. I have a feeling it might be > the pass > > through the browser and notepad that is messing up the > contents of > > the files. > > > > --Mark > > > > > Thanks again, > > > Jeffry Jacob > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu on behalf > of Neil Shephard > > > Sent: Thu 27-May-04 4:42 AM > > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > > > Cc: > > > Subject: Re: st: unable to install patches > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am unable to access the internet through STATA > because of firewall > > > > ( the settings can not be altered). I downloaded > ivreg2.ado in the > > > > C:\ado folder (which is in adopath) and manually > saved it as an .ado > > > > file using notepad. However when I try to call it, > I get an error > > > > message "unrecognozed command". I am having the > same difficulty with > > > > outreg and xtabond2. Can anyone please tell me how > I can install these > > > > and other user written codes without having to > type . ssc install > > > > ivreg2 in STATA. Thanks in advance, Jeffry Jacob > > > > > > > Whilst c:\ado\ is indeed an ado path it has several > subdirectories which is where Stata > > > looks for the Do-files. and I think it is within > hone of these that you want to place the > > > relevant files. > > > > > > The package ivreg2 is an 'offical' do file from the > Stata Journal (3-1), so you shold > > > probably place the files in.... > > > > > > c:\ado\stbplus\i\ > > > > > > Alternatively you could place the files anywhere you > want on your computer and add the > > > directory to your system dir (see -man sysdir- for > more information) > > > > > > Hope that helps > > > > > > Neil > > > Neil Shephard > > > Genetics Statistician > > > ARC Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester > > > neil.shephard@man.ac.uk > > > neil.shephard@mindless.com > > > > > > "Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it > > > were so it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. > That's > > > logic" - Tweedledee (Alice Through the Looking > Glass) > > > > > > * > > > * For searches and help try: > > > * > http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html > > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > > > > > > > > > Prof. Mark E. Schaffer > > Director > > Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation > > Department of Economics > > School of Management & Languages > > Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS UK > > 44-131-451-3494 direct > > 44-131-451-3008 fax > > 44-131-451-3485 CERT administrator > > http://www.som.hw.ac.uk/cert > > > > * > > * For searches and help try: > > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > > > > > > > * > > * For searches and help try: > > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html > > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > > Prof. Mark E. Schaffer > Director > Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation > Department of Economics > School of Management & Languages > Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS UK > 44-131-451-3494 direct > 44-131-451-3008 fax > 44-131-451-3485 CERT administrator > http://www.som.hw.ac.uk/cert > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ Prof. Mark E. Schaffer Director Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation Department of Economics School of Management & Languages Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS UK 44-131-451-3494 direct 44-131-451-3008 fax 44-131-451-3485 CERT administrator http://www.som.hw.ac.uk/cert * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/